The thrust and parries of these two hardy professionals, each seeking to divine the other's intentions and confuse him at the same time, can not be rendered biographically .
I won't be about to teach you everything there is to know about fighting with a sword, but you can learn the basics, the stance, how to parry a blow, how to land your own.
A short time after his inauguration he lodged with the Spanish government a dignified protest against its policies in Cuba, thus opening a game of thrust and parry with the suave ministers at Madrid.